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    3. 江戸の敵を長崎で討つ

    江戸の敵を長崎で討つ

    江え戸どの​敵かたきを​長なが崎さきで​討うつ​

    to hit someone where they least expect it

    NTVerbHistoryKanji Vocab62 strokes

    江戸の仇を長崎で討つ江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ

    えどのかたきをながさきでうつ

    Verb

    1.
    to hit someone where they least expect it, to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place, to get revenge on someone in a different contest, to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    江
    え…(5)
    creek・inlet・bay
    Kanji
    戸
    と…(3)
    door・counter for houses・door radical (no. 63)
    Kanji
    敵
    かたき・あだ・かな.う…(1)
    enemy・foe・opponent
    Kanji
    長
    なが.い・おさ…(8)
    long・leader・superior・senior
    Kanji
    崎
    さき・さい・みさき…(1)
    promontory・cape・spit
    Kanji
    討
    う.つ…(1)
    chastise・attack・defeat・destroy・conquer
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    で
    de
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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